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Critics are
at the scrapping of HS2. The project was announced with great
by the ruling party in 2012. It was a key
to "level up" the north. Abandoning HS2 is seen as a
. Just a year ago, Mr Sunak was committed to the rail link. Many people say the government is leaving the
of England with a century-old
. The High Speed Rail Group said: "Every
major European country has managed to build a high-speed
network, recognizing it's a
part of a modern society and
."